Example sentences of "did the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did the elderly have minds like old wardrobes stuffed to overflowing with useless memories and take them out sometimes and look at them and ask themselves why they were there ? |
| 2 | We believe , as did the Ancient Greeks who originated the word ‘ aristocracy ’ , that every man with the right attitude and talents , regardless of birth or riches , has a capacity of reaching … that status in its true sense . ’ |
| 3 | Why did the ancient replicators club together to make , and reside in , lumbering robots , and why are those robots — individual bodies , you and me — so large and so complicated ? |
| 4 | So I did the logical thing — for a gambler , that is . |
| 5 | Ian Somerville did the electrical system . |
| 6 | And so it did the other night , when I heard two undergrads , giving a list of pleasures which were ( a ) Nazi , ( b ) leading to homosexuality . |
| 7 | Little did the other helpers know that I had had real experience in the world of commerce outside . |
| 8 | Not only did the other men not speak ; they did not move . |
| 9 | ‘ Dermot did the other night , ’ said Celia righteously . |
| 10 | January 1917 — Sergeant Denis O'Neil was promoted to Captain , Buffalo Bill died but the USA knew a boom year — so did the other O'Neil brothers even if Rico d'Agostino was proving a bit of a nuisance in trying to buy them out . |
| 11 | Nor did the other guests seem to suspect anything . |
| 12 | ‘ The fellow who stayed with me went back and so did the other squire . |
| 13 | I deserted the play , as did the other actors on stage , and leapt into the audience . |
| 14 | Geisler advised Mitchum against accepting the invitation , as did the other defendants ' lawyers . |
| 15 | He decided to consult Mr Dixon , his English teacher , who was also his counsellor and , therefore , knew more about him than did the other teachers . |
| 16 | They also liked it — as did the other villages — for the spiteful inter-village competitiveness that lay under the seemingly innocent accounts of the Snead Women 's Institute going on an Easter outing to Weston-super-Mare , while the Quindale branch could only muster a local dried-flower expert whose crisp and solid arrangements , adorned with bows of florist 's ribbon , they could all have recognized in their sleep . |
| 17 | Not once did the other man interrupt the litany , and it was only when a rapping on the door , announcing Chant 's return , interrupted the flow that Estabrook remembered there was anyone else alive in the world tonight beside himself and his confessor . |
| 18 | The settlement connects with other forms of extension in that it did have an educational aim , but , like Oxford House ( another settlement or " mission " set up in the East End in 1884 ) , it usefully illustrates new initiatives for the renewal of forms of leadership and patterns for social administration upon which the elevation of English largely depended , Barnett saw Toynbee Hall as the potential centre for an east London university ; in fact it became , as did the other settlements and extension classes , a centre for members of the middle class . |
| 19 | How did the other women feel about women who had abortions at the , at ? |
| 20 | Beside him , Richard Parsons echoed the toast , and so did the other men in the room . |
| 21 | From appraisal and the the training that you did the other week , |
| 22 | ‘ You did the other things for me . ’ |
| 23 | Selden could not choose to live anywhere else , but why did the other man live in such conditions ? |
| 24 | ‘ Did the other eunuchs accept you ? ’ |
| 25 | Nor did the other women seem to be responding quite as she expected . |
| 26 | Did I tell you what he did the other day , by the way ? |
| 27 | More than she did the other army wives . |
| 28 | It is all about those poor girls who behave as Rose did the other night , and suggests that a decent wage might prevent them from indulging in such conduct . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Now , where did the other human go ? ’ |
| 30 | It was all right for the active partner , but how did the other fellow get his satisfaction . |